Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula, LC-1A (New Zealand)
Launch date:
6 August 2026 at 09:18:00 UTC
Status:
Success
Launch description
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the "The Grain Goddess Provides" mission on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM (UTC).
Missions
QPS-SAR-13 (Mikura-I):
Electron deployed iQPS's QPS-SAR-13 (MIKURA-I) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth-imaging satellite to a 575 km low Earth orbit, adding it to the QPS-SAR constellation. It was Rocket Lab's eighth QPS-SAR deployment for iQPS and its 92nd Electron mission.